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- Certification bodies accredited by the CFIA can cancel a holder's certification if the holder has not complied with any provision of the Safe Food for Canadians Act and Regulations or the issued…
Program: Food
- A mandatory allergen and gluten declaration is required on a prepackaged food label when the allergen or gluten source is added to the food. A cross contamination statement can only be used when an allergen…
Program: Food
- Guidance for Canadian Food Inspection Agency inspection staff on preventive control and traceability inspection procedures for food (system-based inspection).
Program: Food
- This document provides an overview on the implementation of the United States-Canada organic equivalency agreement.
Program: Food
- Food businesses that conduct domestic activities must complete the AEI questionnaire in My CFIA.
Program: Animals, Plants, Food
- Equivalency arrangements are trade agreements made with other countries. Canada only establishes an organic equivalency arrangement with another country after assessing and comparing the two regulatory…
Program: Food
- A list of CFIA accredited certification bodies within Canada that certify organic products under Part 13 of the SFCR.
Program: Food
- On September 16, 2014 Canada and Japan entered into an arrangement recognizing the national organic systems as equivalent.
Program: Food
- Guidance document on requirements for Canadian organic agricultural products for export to Switzerland and requirements for Swiss organic agricultural products imported to Canada
Program: Food
- In June, 2011, the Government of Canada entered into an arrangement on the trade of organic products with the European Union.
Program: Food